Feedback Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial Brussels continues a series of podcasts on the rights of Indigenous peoples.
The third episode of the podcast is devoted to the right of Indigenous peoples to preserve and develop their culture, which is inextricably linked to nature and traditional economic practices. The invited experts discuss such issues as exoticisation (perception of culture as a number of primitive and archaic economic and spiritual practices, ‘festivalisation’ (limitating of cultural space with folklore festivals and events), and appropriation of cultural symbols and practices of Indigenous population and their transformation into commercial products.
The participating speakers :
- Dmitry Berezhkov, representative of the Itelmen people, editor of the website Indigenous Russia
- Andrey Danilov, activist of the Saami people, member of the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia
- Gasan Guseynov, philologist, culturologist
- Stefania Kulaeva, expert of ADC Memorial
Sound design: Ostap Kukhar
The following English version of this podcast was created using AI voice synthesis technology from the original Russian-language episode, with the explicit consent of the speakers.
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The Episode 1 Violations of the environmental rights of the Indigenous peoples of Russia
The Episode 2 Violations of the indigenous peoples’ right to education